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Nothing Left: The Long, Slow Surrender of American Liberals
We've Been Coerced and Herded!Sam Seder does a great job in this interview. It's a KEEPER:
Professor Adolph Reed Jr., explains how the Democratic Party embraced the neo-liberal agenda, how the shock of the Reagan Presidency shaped the modern Democratic Party, the role of the Democratic Leadership Council in moving Democrats to the right, the rightward legacy of Bill Clinton, the decoupling of class and social politics, why we have one neo-liberal party that is multicultural and another that is reactionary, why the left is in retreat, why acknowledging the problem can allow for a strengthening of leftist politics, how progressive politics is cheapened, how the left can rebuild itself and why we need to stop searching for progressive savors.
This clip from the Majority Report, live M-F at 12 noon EST and via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM
Prof. Reed does a great job on defining the lasting influence of the DLC on the Democratic Party.
MANY THANKS! to DU'er "North Carolina" for the Video and "Heads Up."
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Nothing Left: The Long, Slow Surrender of American Liberals (Original Post)
KoKo
Oct 2014
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antigop
(12,778 posts)1. Thanks, KoKo. K&R. nt
Warpy
(113,130 posts)2. No one surrendered.
Liberals were systematically excluded from the media and within their their own party.
defacto7
(13,612 posts)4. K&R to your comment.